Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute

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Accession Number: 5196.034
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Boletus annularius''
Taxon:

Boletus Linnaeus, Fungi, Boletaceae

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Medium: watercolor, ink
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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: See pl. 169 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.035
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Boletus luteus''
Taxon:

Boletus Linnaeus, Fungi, Boletaceae

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Notes: See pl. 84 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.036
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Boletus substrictus''
Taxon:

Boletus Linnaeus, Fungi, Boletaceae

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Notes: See pl. 170 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.037
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Hydnum repandum''
Taxon:

Hydnum Linnaeus, Fungi, Hydnaceae

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Notes: See pl. 89 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.038
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Hydnum chrystalinum''
Taxon:

Hydnum Linnaeus, Fungi, Hydnaceae

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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.039
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Hydnum imbricatum var.''
Taxon:

Hydnum Linnaeus, Fungi, Hydnaceae

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Notes: See pl. 88 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.040
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Hydnum imbricatum''
Taxon:

Hydnum Linnaeus, Fungi, Hydnaceae

Description:
Medium: monochrome wash
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Dimensions (cm): 32 x 35
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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.041
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Hydnum auriscalpum''
Taxon:

Hydnum Linnaeus, Fungi, Hydnaceae

Description:
Medium: watercolor, ink
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Notes: See pl. 90 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.042
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Phallus impudicus''
Taxon:

Phallus Persoon, Fungi, Phallaceae

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Medium: watercolor, ink, monochrome wash
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Notes: See pl. 92 Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.043
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Phallus impudicus''
Taxon:

Phallus Persoon, Fungi, Phallaceae

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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.044
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Clathrus nudus''
Taxon:

Clathrus Persoon, Fungi, Phallales

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Notes: See pl. 93 fig. 1 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.045
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Clathrus denudatus''
Taxon:

Clathrus Persoon, Fungi, Phallales

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Notes: See pl. 93 fig. 2 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.046
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Clathrus sphaerocephalus''
Taxon:

Clathrus Persoon, Fungi, Phallales

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Notes: See pl. 94 fig. 1 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.047
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Clathrus olivaceus''
Taxon:

Clathrus Persoon, Fungi, Phallales

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Notes: See pl. 94 fig. 2 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.048
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Clathrus fulvus''
Taxon:

Clathrus Persoon, Fungi, Phallales

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Notes: See pl. 93 fig. 3 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.049
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Clathrus turbinatus''
Taxon:

Clathrus Persoon, Fungi, Phallales

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Notes: See pl. 94 fig. 3 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.050
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Helvella mitra, Elvala mitra''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Notes: See pl. 95 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.051
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Elvala mitra var.''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.052
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Helvella mitra var.''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Signature: J. B. (b.l.)
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Notes: 2 volume work with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.053
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Helvella hispida''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Notes: See pl. 96 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.054
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Helvella cochleata var. purpurea''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Notes: See pl. 99 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.055
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Helvella mesenterica''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Notes: See pl. 172 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.056
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Helvella feritoria''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Notes: See pl. 97 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.057
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Helvella vesiculosa''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Notes: See pl. 175 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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Accession Number: 5196.058
Artist Name: Bolton, James
Life Span: (1735-1799)
Nationality: England
Gender: Male
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Credit: Image courtesy Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Title: ''Helvella coccinea''
Taxon:

Helvella E. M. Fries, Fungi, Pezizales

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Notes: See pl. 171 in Bolton, An history of fungusses growing about Halifax, 1788-1791. Sketches bound in 2 volumes with title-page, “The primary sketches from Nature. To Boltons History of Fungusses, in two Hundred & Twenty Nine Drawings. All Drawn from Nature and mostly coloured. The Drawings are numbered and named, and I have given the first Draught for an Index.”
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